Purpose: To measure listening effort using of a dual-task paradigm of working memory and analyze the clinical significance of the normal-hearing individuals' performance. Methods: Participants were 10 young adults with ...

Statement of problem: Multidisciplinary treatment needs a common goal, and dentists should understand the esthetic perception of laypeople and the other specialists involved. Such information is sparse. Purpose: The purpose ...

Introduction: Cortical auditory evoked potentials have been increasingly used in research and audiological routines. However, there is a lack of studies with a large number of children who are stratified by age group. These ...

Purpose: Relate oral reading fluency performance to reading comprehension in students of the Elementary School. Methods: The study included 97 students, distributed in three groups: Group I (GI): composed by 32 students ...

Purpose: To characterize and compare behavioral tests of central auditory processing of schoolers of initial grades in two stages, test and retest; and correlate the variables age and gender with the results of these tests. ...

This chapter initially addresses the definition and function of writing, its relation to oral language and other skills necessary for its development, focusing on the requirements of the Brazilian Ministry of Education and ...

To study and investigate the performance of the quality of handwriting of elementary school students, allows professionals, both in educational and clinical environment, the knowledge of the development of writing as well ...

Handwriting and Dysgrafia: Relation and Assessment presents (in eleven chapters no less) the interdisciplinary perspective and relation between handwriting and dysgraphia. Therefore, in organizing this e-book, the authors ...

This chapter aims to compare the speed and legibility of handwriting of dyslexic students with the ones with good academic performance. Sixty-four students participated in the study; 07 dyslexic students of both genders, ...

Aim: To relate the viso-motor skills and handwriting of students with dyslexia. Methods: Twenty-two students with multidisciplinary diagnosis of dyslexia, aged from 8 years and 3 months to 13 years and 4 months, of both ...

This chapter aims to present the speed of writing, according to readability, of Brazilian public school students. Thus, the Brazilian Adaptation of the Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting was applied to 658 students ...

Purpose: Characterize voices of adult individuals without vocal complaints and verify the effect of gender and age with the use of acoustic measures. Methods: One-hundred and seventy-six voice recordings belonging to adults ...

Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate lingual frenulum in children affected by congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) and to analyze the association of lingual frenulum phenotypes with other variables. Design: This present ...

In the article “Anatomical terminology of the internal nose and paranasal sinuses: cross-cultural adaptation to Portuguese” publicado no Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2018;84(6):677-686, on page 677, where it reads: Thiago ...

Processing of sound signals is an important factor for conscious human communication and such sound signals may be assessed through cortical auditory evoked potentials. Heart rate variability provides information about ...

Swallowing is a dynamic, complex and synergistic process, composed of three phases with a refined neuromotor control. A malfunction of this process, denominated dysphasia, can occur in any age like a result of congenital, ...

Introduction: The patient's evolution in the audiology and speech-language clinic acts as a motivator of the therapeutic process, contributing to patient adherence to the treatment and allowing the therapist to review ...

Beta-myrcene [or myrcene (1,6-Octadiene, 7-methyl-3-methylene-)] and the essential oils containing this monoterpene have been widely used in cosmetics, detergents, and soaps, and as flavoring additives for food and beverages. ...

INTRODUCTION: Temporal features of swallowing physiology vary with age in healthy normals and have the potential to impact swallow safety and efficiency in patients with dysphagia. We conducted a meta-analysis to assess ...